Strand v. Griffith
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. The ai>pellants were the complainants in a bill, the substance of which is as follows: The appellants were husband and wife and were residing at Whatcom, Wash., and were possessed of real estate of the value of 841,000. They were desirous of engaging in the dry goods business.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. The ai>pellants were the complainants in a bill, the substance of which is as follows: The appellants were husband and wife and were residing at Whatcom, Wash., and were possessed of real estate of the value of 841,000. They were desirous of engaging in the dry goods business. Their desire becoming known to the defendant J. M. Griffith, he, with Cyrus A. Campbell, Edwin D. Buck, and Geo. W. Skinner, on or about October 29, 1896, entered into a fraudulent conspiracy to cheat and defraud…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
The bill presents the question whether a Circuit Court of the United States can revise or set aside a final decree rendered by a state court which had jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject-matter of the suit, upon the ground- that the decree was obtained by fraud, when the injured party "has had an opportunity to apply to the state court to revise the decree. This question has been determined adversely to *831ttie contention of the appellants by the Supreme Court, in Graham v. Boston, Hartford & Erie R. R. Co., 118 U. S. 161, 6 Sup. Ct. 1009, 30 L. Ed. 196, and Nougue v. Clapp, 101 U. S.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Graham v. Boston, Hartford & Erie RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Nougué v. ClappSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Griffith v. StrandWashington Supreme Court · 1898
- Denton v. BakerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1899
3Cited by3 opinions
- Eggers v. KruegerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1916
- McCormick v. East Coast Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
- American Surety Co. of New York v. BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1932